ugh 2 days, got back anyways, not sure if it was done (the left a diagnostic cd in the drive) or not but they repaired windows (some of the files were corrupted) and said it seemed to work fine, while i was there i purchased a vantec multimedia card reader (which installed nicely though only mounted with 2 screws), started it up and ram counted fine (no pause, was accurate) made it to desktop and it bluescreened with (as interpreted by bluescreenview:

rebooted (ram count pause is back as before and count overshoots the mark before reporting 4095MB usable of 4096MB total... as it did before) went into safemode or tried to, didnt make it before it rebooted itself and loaded windows as normal...

damn glad this waste of time didn't cost me anything other than the addition of the card reader...

took the system back in today since I got called into work this morning... They wont do a refund but will stress test all hardware... now all I can do is wait. though if they come back and say that there is nothing wrong, I will be very annoyed with them.

Ran CPU stability test 1 Day - no errors
- test 4 threads with K10 specific test(the program they used, which they said was "specifically for my cpu" is called systester-1.1.1-win64-k10 according to the folder on my win desktop)

It is possible that Prime 95 64-bit was not completely compatible with AMD systems or this specific cpu...

I did ask the guy if they fired it up today and he said he didn't have time, I then asked him if we could fire it up while I was there at the service counter (all the necessary cables were there) and was told no.

well, I did what Bestbyte seemed reluctant to so, I replaced some of the hardware, specifically the psu and the ram, I went with the Enermax Naxn 750w PSU and a pair of 2GB Kingston Value Ram DDR3 that was listed in the manual for my motherboard, and it is working fine (no issues at all on startup that it told me about anyways), i have done a little stress testing of the system and rebooted the system once and sofar so good.

also uploaded pics to facebook. i used the twist ties (not too sure about using velcro straps inside of a computer) to coil up 2 unused hard wired connectors but with nowhere to put them they are sitting where the bottom mount case fan would be if i had one.

Glad to hear you're up and running. On top of the original cost of your pc, how much extra did it cost you to finally get it in working order? I'll bet my bottom dollar that the techs never swapped one piece of hardware to to see if it was a hardware issue. It's so strange how all the problems just disappeared after the ram and psu were changed.

It is not advisable to use twist ties inside a computer if you have something else on hand to use. All it would take is a bit of exposed wire on the twist tie to contact the mb or the backside of your video card and poof! Velcro is non conductive and that's why they were supplied with your psu. Enjoy your new build!

Glad to hear you're up and running. On top of the original cost of your pc, how much extra did it cost you to finally get it in working order? I'll bet my bottom dollar that the techs never swapped one piece of hardware to to see if it was a hardware issue. It's so strange how all the problems just disappeared after the ram and psu were changed.

It is not advisable to use twist ties inside a computer if you have something else on hand to use. All it would take is a bit of exposed wire on the twist tie to contact the mb or the backside of your video card and poof! Velcro is non conductive and that's why they were supplied with your psu. Enjoy your new build!

I did not know this I thought since they were fabric of a sort that they would create static... which i do know is bad. though withthe twist ties they are nowhere near the motherboard (bottom of case & on right side of case for the cd drive sata power wire so it doesn't get caught by the side panel (will pickup zip ties tomorrow)...

as for the problems, time will tell, I will know for sure tomorrow when i boot it up in the morning. I just wish I hadn't had to spend another $170 after taxes to *fix* it

After all that misery, I'd never set foot inside that store again if I were you. Now you can look forward to your next build. You'll probably do a better job than the so-called techs that built, tested and TRIED to fix your NEW pc that THEY sold you. I'm not too fond of their return policies either. I checked out their website. I guarantee that after you build your first pc, you'll never go back to store bought ever again.

After all that misery, I'd never set foot inside that store again if I were you. Now you can look forward to your next build. You'll probably do a better job than the so-called techs that built, tested and TRIED to fix your NEW pc that THEY sold you. I'm not too fond of their return policies either. I checked out their website. I guarantee that after you build your first pc, you'll never go back to store bought ever again.

lol true. this is actually the 2nd pc in 7 years from there. my only complaint with the new parts is the metallic smell in the air... I am told it will go away in a few days but it is quite annoying.